I have been searching for A Desktop Chat client for Google Hangouts that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. All my searches came to an end when I met yakyak. Yakyak is a Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts with prebuilt binaries for macOS, Linux 32 / 64 and Windows 32 / 64.

Features of yakyak Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts

Below are the top features of yakyak Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts.

Easily send and receive chat messages

You can create and change conversations – i.e. rename, add people e.t.c

You can leave or delete conversation

Support for drag-drop/copy-paste or attach-button for images uploading.

You get notifications via the default OS notification

Toggle notifications on/off

Hangupsbot sync room aware (no bot name, proper user pics)

Show inline images

Send presence/focus/typing/active client to behave like a proper client

We will start with the installation of yakyak Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts on Linux. As of this writing, the latest release is v1.5.1 . This is the version we will download and Install on our Linux Desktop.